Soil Data Explorer - ROCKAWAY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ROCKAWAY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ROCKAWAY, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to ROCKAWAY were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
144A	15N0148	S2014NJ037001	Rockaway	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.1575,-74.4469444

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ROCKAWAY soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the ROCKAWAY series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ROCKAWAY series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the ROCKAWAY series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ROCKAWAY share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ROCKAWAY series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the ROCKAWAY series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ROCKAWAY, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing ROCKAWAY as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes	RomE	3230	298670	b0sj	nj003	1986	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RomC	2136	298668	b0sg	nj003	1986	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RomD	1295	298669	b0sh	nj003	1986	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	RofCb	722	298665	b0sc	nj003	1986	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	RofEb	689	298667	b0sf	nj003	1986	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	RofDb	403	298666	b0sd	nj003	1986	1:24000
Rockaway - Urban land, Rockaway substratum complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	RonB	78	812745	w8ql	nj013	2003	1:12000
Rockaway - Urban land, Rockaway substratum complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RonC	59	812746	w8qm	nj013	2003	1:12000
Rockaway loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoeCc	37	300226	b2dq	nj013	2003	1:12000
Rockaway loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoeBc	27	318532	bpg7	nj013	2003	1:12000
Rockaway sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	RobCb	23535	298548	b0nl	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony	RobDc	10302	298549	b0nm	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Rockaway complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	RNRE	8021	298547	b0nk	nj027	1974	1:24000
Urban land-Rockaway complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	USROCC	7727	1034049	13q0f	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RomC	6820	298552	b0nq	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RomD	5555	298553	b0nr	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RocB	2204	298550	b0nn	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes	RomE	2191	298554	b0ns	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RocC	1107	298551	b0np	nj027	1974	1:24000
Urban land-Rockaway complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	USROCD	612	1034050	13q0g	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	RokD	204	1033204	13p45	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefCc	159	1469040	1l9nd	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefDc	72	1469041	1l9nf	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway-Urban land complex, thin fragipans, 0 to 15 percent slopes	RooC	23	1469042	1l9ng	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rockaway-Urban land complex, thin fragipans, 0 to 25 percent slopes	RooD	11	1469043	1l9nh	nj027	1974	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Rockaway complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	RNRE	11188	298605	b0qf	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RomC	10749	298611	b0qm	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	RobCc	7333	298609	b0qk	nj031	1972	1:24000
Urban land-Rockaway complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	USROCC	3338	1423928	1jsq5	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony	RobDc	3035	298610	b0ql	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	RobBb	2016	298607	b0qh	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	RobCb	1086	298608	b0qj	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RokC	545	1469032	1l9n4	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes	RomE	293	473388	hwll	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefCc	207	1469030	1l9n2	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefBc	54	1469029	1l9n1	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	RofEb	35	473386	hwlj	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefDc	32	1469031	1l9n3	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	RofDb	32	473385	hwlh	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	RokD	26	1469033	2w69r	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RomD	19	473387	hwlk	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	RofCb	12	473384	hwlg	nj031	1972	1:24000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	RokD	18781	624850	2w69r	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefDc	4284	614046	nlyy	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefCc	3884	614047	nlyz	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RokC	3186	624849	nz6f	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway-Urban land complex, thin fragipans, 0 to 15 percent slopes	RooC	2013	626806	p17k	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway-Urban land complex, thin fragipans, 0 to 25 percent slopes	RooD	1358	626808	p17m	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	RokB	1323	624848	nz6d	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway-Urban land complex, thin fragipans, 0 to 8 percent slopes	RooB	485	626803	p17g	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefBc	468	614045	nlyx	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefDc	3060	740980	sw1l	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	RokD	1433	740983	2w69r	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RokC	655	740982	sw1n	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefCc	272	740979	sw1k	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rockaway-Urban land complex, thin fragipans, 0 to 15 percent slopes	RooC	196	740985	sw1r	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	RokB	149	740981	sw1m	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rockaway-Urban land complex, thin fragipans, 0 to 25 percent slopes	RooD	73	740986	sw1s	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rockaway loam, thin fragipan, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony	RoefBc	71	740978	sw1j	nj041	2007	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ROCKAWAY soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).